BEWARE OF THE BASILISK EYE OF SIN
By Charles Spurgeon

Psalm 32, verses 3 and 4
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me, my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah

God's children sin, and sometime grievously, for they are still in the flesh. If they are in a right state of heart, then they will mourn over their sin, and it will be the burden of their lives. Oh, that they could only live without sin! It is this inability to sin that they sigh after, and they can never be fully happy until they obtain it, as they enter heaven.

Why was David silent when he knew that he had committed these heinous sins? Why did he not go to God at once? It was partly because he was mesmerized by his sin. He was fascinated, captivated, and held in bondage by it.

O brethren, beware of the basilisk eye of sin. It is dangerous to even look at sin, for looking leads to longing for sin, and this often leads to a lusting after sin, and that lusting soon ripens into the actual indulgence in the sin. No man even thinks of sinning without damage to his soul. Yes, every sinful thought leaves a mark and a stain upon our soul that calls for us to weep it out. Nay, it needs Christ's blood to wash it away.

We begin with thinking of sin, and then we somewhat desire the sin. Next, we enter into a mental dialogue with the sin, and then we get into the sin, and the sin gets into us, and then we lie asoke in it.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1 verse 9

Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah Psalm chapter 32 verse 5